Bob Cirtin, left, has created a committee to run against Greene County Presiding Commissioner Jim Viebrock, right, in 2014.

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Jonathan Shorman
JSHORMAN@NEWS-LEADER.COM

Bob Cirtin, professor and owner of a Springfield private investigation firm, has created a committee to run against Greene County Presiding Commissioner Jim Viebrock in 2014.

In a filing with the Missouri Ethics Commission, Greene County Sheriff Jim Arnott is listed as the committee's deputy treasurer. Arnott and Viebrock have clashed in the past, with Viebrock opposing the countywide law enforcement sales tax that Arnott lobbied for in 2012.

"That is sending a message to people that the sheriff is supporting me," Cirtin told the News-Leader Thursday evening, referring to Arnott's ...